CVE-2026-8932: curl/libcurl mTLS connection reuse flaw
CVE-2026-8932 in libcurl 7.7–8.20.0 lets an already-authenticated mTLS connection be reused across different client keys. Five client-certificate fields were excluded from the config match check; fixed in 8.21.0 released 2026-06-24.
- Affects libcurl 7.7–8.20.0; fixed in 8.21.0 released 2026-06-24
- SSLKEY, SSLKEYTYPE, KEYPASSWD, SSLCERTTYPE and SSLKEYBLOB were not compared
- Rated Low severity, classified as CWE-305 authentication bypass
- Patch moved five fields into ssl_primary_config, touching 19 files
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